tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post7823059508780698487..comments2015-03-31T16:17:15.345-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: SATURDAY, April 14, 2007 - Sherry O. BlackardRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84259526961439501162007-06-11T17:19:00.000-04:002007-06-11T17:19:00.000-04:00SIDE A, as in one side of a single (think music).I...SIDE A, as in one side of a single (think music).<BR/><BR/>I can finish a Saturday puzzle about half the time, but this one took me two days of on and off solving to get. It's very satisfying to look at a filled grid with few black squares and no scribbled out or written over letters...martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-57185633360515550472007-05-30T19:07:00.000-04:002007-05-30T19:07:00.000-04:00Can someone please tell me what "SIDEA" is? The cl...Can someone please tell me what "SIDEA" is? The clue is "Single component". For the April 14, 2007 puzzle, 40D. And this puzzle was in my local paper on May 26, 2007. Hmmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36838579533572506012007-05-28T23:28:00.000-04:002007-05-28T23:28:00.000-04:00A bit of movie trivia. The church scene at the en...A bit of movie trivia. The church scene at the end of the Graduate was borrowed from the award winning British comedy Morgan (1966). The primary differnce is that Hoffman wasn't wearing an ape suit.jaenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83615520499746130292007-04-15T14:50:00.000-04:002007-04-15T14:50:00.000-04:00Okay, then: I love Bulgaria...even if it's awfully...Okay, then: I love Bulgaria...even if it's awfully short on people famous outside its borders.Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51429315424661807012007-04-15T11:39:00.000-04:002007-04-15T11:39:00.000-04:00I'm always a little late, with my pencil-and-paper...I'm always a little late, with my pencil-and-paper puzzling late in the day, but I can't resist sharing with Orange the very best thing about Bulgaria: During World War II, the country protected its Jewish population despite being on the side of Germany. Not one Jew was deported or harmed.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-47694233007411147422007-04-15T09:30:00.000-04:002007-04-15T09:30:00.000-04:00Regarding so-so and all of the related comments:I ...Regarding so-so and all of the related comments:<BR/><BR/>I guess I should leave all musical explanations to the pros. I know just enough to think I might know something ; )Linda Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-51478156185446791572007-04-15T01:11:00.000-04:002007-04-15T01:11:00.000-04:00Ditto on the Mrs. Bouvier comment.That scene has b...Ditto on the Mrs. Bouvier comment.<BR/>That scene has been copied by so many films and TV shows that for the life of me I couldn't come up with Elaine until I had a couple of crossing letters.<BR/><BR/>Welcome back Rex.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6091597308313070382007-04-14T23:23:00.000-04:002007-04-14T23:23:00.000-04:00AnonymousRight. Animators, animaters... Looks like...Anonymous<BR/><BR/>Right. Animators, animaters... Looks like we can have it both ways!DONALDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12087128897268943252007-04-14T21:04:00.000-04:002007-04-14T21:04:00.000-04:00I cannot (hat tipping to HRH Donald) find "animatE...I cannot (hat tipping to HRH Donald) find "animatErs" in any dictionary on the web.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12461922753112556192007-04-14T20:02:00.000-04:002007-04-14T20:02:00.000-04:00"Elaine" first for me as well, even though that NW..."Elaine" first for me as well, even though that NW corner was the last to fall for me. Also did "one penny" which became "two cents" before turning into "ten cents" so that area looks a little messy in pen. I liked "sepsis" but winced at "animaters" -- guess that was the price to pay for the rest of the fill. Sherry always makes for good Saturdays.joecabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862252671814767307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-62806341650260337202007-04-14T19:24:00.000-04:002007-04-14T19:24:00.000-04:00You know, I always thought it was "so" rather than...You know, I always thought it was "so" rather than "sol" until not too many years ago. Like the dictionaries, I accept both spellings. After all, "so, a needle pulling thread" is what's in the song, not "sol, what Faust sold to the devil."<BR/><BR/>Rex, I know you abhor all things "Seinfeld," but there was a memorably episode in which George gets a massage from a man and feels awkward about it, no less so because "it moved."Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-3278956388229410992007-04-14T18:48:00.000-04:002007-04-14T18:48:00.000-04:00Welcome back, Rex. I thought that "so-so series" ...Welcome back, Rex. <BR/>I thought that "so-so series" was iffy too. Is it so-so or sol-sol? We can't let musicians have it both ways. Maybe they were afraid of the wrath of Rex using another variant.<BR/>For a long time I had No-Nukers instead of Nonusers. Well, they're clean, aren't they?Norrin2http://www.blogger.com/profile/08556797281238202366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65392384572841991642007-04-14T17:32:00.000-04:002007-04-14T17:32:00.000-04:00I think that "so-so" is technically "sol-sol," but...I think that "so-so" is technically "sol-sol," but that would have really wrecked the clue.<BR/><BR/>G is Sol in what is called "fixed Do," where C is Do. In "movable Do," where the first note of the scale changes, any pitch could be sol. Or so-so, depending.<BR/><BR/>There was an awful lot of sighing and regretting and castigating in this puzzle. I think there was a lot of that in Rigoletto, too...<BR/><BR/>Rex is back! Hooray! Loved the tale of your encounter with Fabian.Ultra Vinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19355515101634341272007-04-14T17:21:00.000-04:002007-04-14T17:21:00.000-04:00Whenever I picture that scene in The Graduate, I h...Whenever I picture that scene in The Graduate, I hear, "Mrs. Bouvier!"Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07177442874914826830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-40581942717006806002007-04-14T17:03:00.000-04:002007-04-14T17:03:00.000-04:00'panderer' was the first thing to come to mind wit...'panderer' was the first thing to come to mind with "p---erer" remaining, then i realized that would probably not be 'generally speaking'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68781573174189141362007-04-14T16:39:00.000-04:002007-04-14T16:39:00.000-04:00Great job, Dave, on the guest blogging, and welcom...Great job, Dave, on the guest blogging, and welcome back, Rex!<BR/><BR/>That's all the time I have today, gotta run.Howard Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766792795622192271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-91949032687909573822007-04-14T15:29:00.000-04:002007-04-14T15:29:00.000-04:00"So" to "So" is an octave in any key because "So" ..."So" to "So" is an octave in any key because "So" represents the fifth degree of any scale or key.<BR/>Also know as the "Dominant" as in REX is the "Dominant" blogger in Crossworld!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66619530392510274232007-04-14T14:09:00.000-04:002007-04-14T14:09:00.000-04:00Anapests and iambs get along marvelously in Poe's ...Anapests and iambs get along marvelously in Poe's "Annabel Lee."M. Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01775275059011425483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4671260242315904972007-04-14T13:24:00.000-04:002007-04-14T13:24:00.000-04:00Me too, Wendy (pleased with my progress on Fri/Sat...Me too, Wendy (pleased with my progress on Fri/Sat puzzles) especially since finding Rex last month. Vive le roi!!!!<BR/><BR/>ps I kept trying to make MASSEUSE fit into 19A, but my extreme disappointment in the lame answer PAMPERER is assuaged by the photo of Fabien, oh la la!rock rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20188187908366513292007-04-14T12:37:00.000-04:002007-04-14T12:37:00.000-04:00Ditto on Elaine first. Welcome back, MEX!!! Re: ...Ditto on Elaine first. Welcome back, MEX!!! Re: the Fabian interlude ... clearly you ended up more a SIGHER than a REGRETTER on that deal. There are at least one or two more answers I could inject here, but it would be horribly tasteless so I won't. ;) <BR/><BR/>I've now been doing the puzzle daily since December or January, whenever I discovered the blog. After yesterday and today, I can say I'm noticing marked progress in my solving. Still need lots of help, but this is the first week where I didn't throw up my hands in utter despair either day. It helps to be part of this community, I can tell you! <BR/><BR/>Btw, Frank Capra was born in Sicily; Sinatra's father was. <BR/><BR/>Off to contemplate the possibility of ALOAD of new snow. I may need a SILENCER for when I go postal over Spring's late arrival. Didn't the groundhog see his shadow (or not, whichever one is the harbinger of an early spring)? Rex, we got so snowed out the Indians' first four home games were cancelled and they moved the next series to (the covered) Miller Park in Milwaukee. Bummer!Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38545418204089087592007-04-14T11:21:00.000-04:002007-04-14T11:21:00.000-04:00I also got "Elaine" first, but my tipoff was that ...I also got "Elaine" first, but my tipoff was that Benjamin's mother told him, "Elaine Robinson is home from school!" in that sing-song voice of all matchmaker mothers. Also, history buffs remember the Ostend Manifesto from their dreary days in the lecture hall.judgesullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37570431113413900932007-04-14T11:06:00.000-04:002007-04-14T11:06:00.000-04:00I got a little too "way back when" for 9D and gues...I got a little too "way back when" for 9D and guessed ONEPENNY, harkening back to the Penny Dreadfuls. And this confirmed my guess for 32A, because relieved people are obviously OFFDUTY. The self-confirming errors kept me stumped for quite a while in the center of the puzzle!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11490129451879399528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61435847420873037592007-04-14T11:04:00.000-04:002007-04-14T11:04:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.jlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15129173620859824730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-16868862544093376172007-04-14T10:45:00.000-04:002007-04-14T10:45:00.000-04:00The other xwd_fiend is a British cryptic-crossword...The other xwd_fiend is a British cryptic-crossword blogger, so I'm guessing he actually has interesting tidbits of info on the Scots.<BR/><BR/>You know more about Belgium than you think, I bet. There are <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_beer" REL="nofollow">Belgian beers</A>, and French Fries are from Belgium. The real dark-horse mystery land in Europe has got to be Bulgaria. Other than that the capital is Sofia and it used to be in the Eastern bloc, who can name three facts about Bulgaria?Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-22268320867628482342007-04-14T10:40:00.001-04:002007-04-14T10:40:00.001-04:00hey, rex -- welcome back! you mention not having ...hey, rex -- welcome back! you mention not having heard copland's "fanfare..." try this on for size:<BR/><BR/>http://preview.tinyurl.com/22gznn<BR/><BR/>familiar?<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>janiejlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15129173620859824730noreply@blogger.com